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10 short films by S'pore's filmmakers to showcase at leading UK festival
They include director Royston Tan's Monkey Love and DIY, and Anthony Chen's Ah Ma and Pok Yue Weng's SuperDong.
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Chinese street opera struggles to keep curtain raised
Singapore's Chinese street opera troupes are struggling as they confront declining audience numbers and a lack of young performers in the Internet age. Despite the challenges it faces, it "will not completely disappear" because of its role in temple functions. -AFP
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Sex and doctors: ER medics best placed to win hearts
Hospital novels are one of the fastest-growing areas of romantic fiction which generates US$1.2 billion in annual sales. -AFP
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"Dumbledore is gay"
Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling outed the beloved character on Friday to gasps and applause. -AP
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Anne Enright's 'The Gathering' wins Booker Prize
Judge called it 'a powerful, uncomfortable and, at times, angry book.'
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J.K. Rowling launches US book tour with mass signing
She said that after 10 years of writing to a deadline, she now felt as if she was on vacation.
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Free events at the Sun Festival
Celebrate the art of living well without blowing a hole in your pocket.
Sun Festival
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Lessing not impressed by Nobel Prize
'I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one, so I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot, OK?'
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Doris Lessing wins Nobel for Literature
The prolific author of the classic 'The Golden Notebook' was praised by the judges for her 'skepticism, fire and visionary power.'
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British author hits back in row over call for Muslims to 'suffer'
Martin Amis said he "was conversationally describing an urge - an urge that soon wore off." -AFP
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